English Explanatory Dictionary

sett

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.
  2. The pattern of distinctive threads and yarns that make up the plaid of a Scottish tartan.
  3. The number of warp ends per inch in the cloth.
  4. The number of reeds or splits per inch – one half the number of ends per inch.
  5. A small, square-cut piece of quarried stone used for paving and edging.
  6. A mine or set of mines on lease.
  7. A collection of pumps in a mine.
  8. Obsolete form of set (“group”)
verb
  1. To determine the ends per inch of the warp.
  2. Obsolete spelling of set (particularly as a simple past and past participle).

Pronunciation

sĕt /sɛt/ en-us-set.ogg

Word forms

sett setts set

Etymology

A variant of set to distinguish various technical senses.

Synonyms

sley Belgian block

Derived words

pleating to the sett

Translations

Bulgarian: паве Catalan: llambordí Chinese Mandarin: 鋪路石 /铺路石 Czech: dlažební kostka Danish: brosten Dutch: kasseisteen Esperanto: pavimero Finnish: nupukivi French: pavé Georgian: მოსაპირკეთებელი ქვა German: Pflasterstein Hungarian: jardaburkolási Italian: sampietrino Japanese: 敷石 Japanese: 石畳 Korean: 포석 Portuguese: paralelepípedo Romanian: piatră cubică Russian: брусча́тка Spanish: adoquín Swedish: gatsten
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary